Brutal - Definition

adj 1: (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict
pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal
beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod
treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious
kicks" [syn: barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell,
roughshod, savage, vicious]
2: harsh; "the brutal summer sun"; "a brutal winter" [syn:
brutal, unrelenting]
3: resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility;
"beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull
and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners" [syn:
beastly, bestial, brute(a), brutish, brutal]
4: disagreeably direct and precise; "he spoke with brutal
honesty"